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Summary

Two skeletons and some sherds discovered during cable trenching in the garden in 1966

Other Statuses and Cross-References

• Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01774.00.100
  

Monument Type(s):

• GRAVE (Unknown date)

Full Description

2 SKELETONS DISCOVERED DURING CABLE TRENCHING (VII 66 EX HC 1 VIII 66). DISCOVERED WITH A COVERING LAYER OF SHERDS, IN THE GARDEN OF MR CAIGER SMITH, SHALFORD FARMHOUSE.

It is assumed that this original description means that the skeletons were discovered in July 1966 and excavated (by HC?) on 01/08/1966. Reading Museum recorded this discovery in their records, but no details appears to have been given in the Archaeological Notes section of the Berkshire Archaeological Journals of that period.

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